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“An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.”

Aldous Huxley · Truth

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Aldous Huxley

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

Nature

Aldous Huxley

Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

Science

Aldous Huxley

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Art

Aldous Huxley

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

Freedom